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THE OPEN DOOB. 



Scene. — The draioing-room, of Lord Torminster's cottage by 
the sea. It is 2 a.m. of a fine July night ; the French 
windows are open on to the lawn. The room is dark ; in an 
armchair Sir Geoffbby Transom, a man of forty, with a 
frank, pleasant face, is seated, deep in thought. ^Suddenly 
the door opens, and Lady Torminster appears and switcket 
Am Uie light. Bhe starts at seeing Sir GeoffbAY. 

Ladt Torminster. Oh ! 

Sir Geoffrey, (rising) Hullo ! Don't be afraid — it'8 
only I ! 

Lady Torminster. Whafc a start you gave me ! Why 
haven't you gone to bed ? 

Sir Geoffrey. I'm tired of going to bed. One always 
has to get up again, and it becomes monotonous. Why 
haven't you gone to sleep ? 

Lady Torminster. I don't know — it's too hot, or some^ 
thing. I've come for a book. 

Sir Geoffrey. Let me choose one for yon. {He goes *» 
the table.) 

Lady Torminster. Why were yon sitting in the dark ? 

Sir Geoffrey. Because the light annoyed me. What 
Bort of book will you have ? A red one or a green one ? 

Lady Torminster. Is there a virtue in the colour of the 
binding ? 

Sir Geoffrey. Why hot 1 They're all the same inside. 
There are three hundred ways, they say, of cooking a potato 
— there are as many of dressing up a lie, and e.illiug it a 
novel. But it's always the same old lie. Here, take this 
(he hands her & hook). Popular Astronomy. That will send 
you to sleep. 

Lady ToRifiNSTBR. The stars frighten me. But I'll try it. 
Good-night. 

Sir Geoffrey. Good-night. 

Lady Torminster. And you really had better go to bed. 

Sir Geoffrey. I move as an amendment that you sit down 
And talk. 

Lady Torminster. At this time of night ! 

Sir Geoffrey. Why not ? It's day in the Antipodes. 



THE OPEN DOOR, 

Ladt Torminstbr. And in this attire ! (She glances ol 
her peignoir.) 

Sir Geoffrey. Pooh ! You are more dressed than you 
were at dinner. That's awfully rude, isn't it? But then, 
you see, you're not my hostess now— you're a spirit, walking 
in the night. One can't be polite to spirits. Sit down, oh 
Bhade, and let us converse. 

Lady Torminster. (hesitating) I don't know 

Sir GEOFrREY. The household have all retired ; and we 
will make this concession to Mrs. Grundy— we will leave the 
door open. There! (He flings it open.) The Open Door! 
Centuries ago, when I was alive, I remember paragraphs 
with that heading. 

Lady Torminster. (langhing) So you're not alive now 1 
Sir Geoffrey. Sir Geoffrey Transom ceased to be when he 
■aid good-night to Lady Torminster. Sir Geoffrey is upstairs, 
asleep. So is her ladyship. We are their souls. Let us 
talk. 

Lady Torminster. You are in your whimsical mood. 
Sir Geoffrey. And you in your wrapper — peignoir — tea- 
gown — it don't matter what you call it. You look — jolly. 
Ridiculous word — I don't mean that at all. You look— you. 
More you than I've seen you for years. Sh — don't interrupt. 
Shades never do that. By the way, do you know that the 
old lumber-room, my owner— my corporeal sheath — means 
to go away in the morning, before you are up ? 

Lady Torminster. SirGeoflfreyl What nonsense ! You've 
promised to stay a month ! 

Sir Geoffrey. I assure you I have been charged to invent 
fitting and appropriate lies to account for the ridiculous 
creature's abrupt departure. The man Transom is a pooi* 
liar. 

Lady Torminster. You are making me giddy., Would 
you mind putting on your body ? I've not been introduced 
to your soul. 

Sir Geoffrey, (springing ttp, with a flourish) How very 
remiss of me ! Permit me. Gertrude, this is Geoffrey. 
You have often heard me speak of him. 

Lady Torminster. (rising) I think I'll go to bed. 
Sir Geoffrey. Now that is preposterous. Jack, my dear 
old friend— the best and only friend I have m the world — 
is slumbering peacefully upstairs, and Jaclc's wife is reluc- 
tant to talk to Jack's old pal because the sun happens to be 
hidden on the other side of the globe. Lady Torminster, 
sit down. If you're good you shall have a cigarette. 

Lady Torminster. (silting) Well, just one. And when 
I'to finished it, I'll go. 



THE OPEN DOOB, T 

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He hands her the box ; she takes a cigarette ; ^e strihei 
a match and holds it for her ; he then takes a cigai' 
ette himself^ and lights it. 
8iR Geoffrey. And, while smoking it, remember Pene- 
lope's web. For I've heaps of things to tell you. 

Laot Torminster. They'll keep till to-morrow. 

Sir Geoffrey. That's a fearful delusion. Nothing keeps. 
There is one law in the universe : NOW. 

Lady Torminster. I want to know what you mean by 
this nonsense about your going. 

Sir Geoffrey, (puffing out smoke) Yes — I'm off in the 
morning. It has occurred to me that I haven't been to 
China. Now that is a serious omission. How can I face 
my forefathers, and confess to them that I haven't seen the 
land where the Yellow Labour comes from ? 

Lady Torminster. China has waited a long time— a 
month more or less will make no difference. They are ft 
patient race. 

Sir Gioffriy. There is gipsy blood in my veins — I must 
wander — I'm restless. . , . Not like Jack — he*s untroubled 
— he can sleep. Jack's a fine sleeper, isn't he 1 

Lady Torminster. Yes. 

Sir Groffrky. Calm, serene, untroubled, with the con- 
science of a babe — one, two, three, he sleeps. He and I 
have had some rare times together. I've been roped to him 
on the Andes — he shot a tiger that was about to scrunch me 
— I rubbed his nose when it was frost-bitten. He saved my 
life — I saved his nose. I always maintain that the balance 
of gratitude is on his side — for where would he have been 
without his nose? 

Lady Torminster. You are absurd. 

Sir Geoffrby. Would you have married him without a 
nose? 

Lady Torminstbr. I might have. 

Sir Geoffrey. Now you know you wouldn't. You'd have 
been afraid of what people would say. And what would 
he have done when he became shortsighted, and had to 
wear glasses ? 

Lady Torminster. My cigarette has gone out. 

Sir Geoffrey, (jumping up and handing her the box) 
Take another. Never re-light a cigarette — it's like dragging 
np the past. Here. 

Lady Torminster. I said only one. 

Sir Geoffrey. This is not the hour for inflexibility. The 
Medes and Persians have all gone to bed. {She takes th€ 
cigarette ; he lights it for her,) 



8 tHE OPEIJ DOOB. 

Lady Tobminstbr. Tell me why you mean to leare ns. 
And remember — I shafi't let this one go out. 

Sir Geoitbey. My Explanation will be handed to you 
with your cup of tea in the morning. 

Lady TorminsIer. And yoti will be gohe t 

Sir Geoffrey. I shall be gone. There is a train at 7. 4t5 

which will be packed with husbands. 1 shall breakfast in 

town. 

Lady Torminster. Why ? 

Sir Geoffrey. Well, diie must breakfast somewhere. It's, 
a convention, 

LadY Torminster. Sir Geoflfrey, I want you to tell me. 
what this means. 

Sir Geoffrey. Give your decision, said the judge to the 
arbitrator, but never your reasons. I go, because 1 go.'; 
Besides, has one reasons ? Why do people die, or get 
married, Or buy umbrellas ? Because of typhoid, lote,, 
dt the rain ? Not at all. Isn't that so f ' 

Lady Torminster. I wish you'd be serious. 

Sir Geoffrey. I'm fearfully serious. When Jack sitot 
that tiger he had to go so ne^r the brute that he held his \iH 
in his hands. Do you know whit wa& my chief impression 
as I lay there, with the ugly cat's paw Upon my chest, 
beginning to rip me ? 

Lady Tokminster. {shuddering) Horrible! What? 
Sir GeoJ-fkey. I resented his having eaten somethiiiig 
«hat smelt like onions. 

• Lady Torminster. (smiling) A tiger ! • 
Sir Geoffrey. Onions may have been hiS undoing. l*hat*6 

the beggar's skin on the floor. But you should have seen 
me rub Jack's nose ! 

Lady Torminster. {warningly) Sir Geoffrey, thei:©*8 rety 
Httlte cigarette ieft — -^ 

Sir Geoffrey. There are lots more in the box — and dawn 
is a long way oflF. Hang it, Lady Torminster, don't be in a 
hurry! Do you hear the sea out there t It's bieathing as 
regularly as old Jack. And doh't you think this is fine 1 
Here we are, we two, meeting just as we shall meet on the 
other side of the Never-Never Land. It's a chance for a 
man to speak to a Woman, and tell her things. 

Lady ToRMiNS-rtJii. What things ! 

Sir Geoffrey. That's just it-^Vrhat things 1 What have 
I to say, after all ? I am going to-morrow because I ato 
a fantastic, capricious ass. Also because I'm lonely. 

• Lady ToRMi!<rstER. How will Chiila help you ? 

• EiR <?eoWrey. They colour it green on the map—and 
there is such a lot of it ! 



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Lady TorminsteIei. You should j^et mftrried. 
Shi Geoffkey . (with a sudden hurst of passion) You say 
that— you ! 

ffe starts hack, ashamed^ and hangs his head. Lady 
ToRMiNSTER throws a quick glance at him, then looks 
ahead of her, puffing quietly at her cigarette. 

Lady Torminster. (quietly) So that is why you are 
going ? 

SiK Geoffrey, (with a great sigh of relief) Now, that really 
is fine of you ! Every other woman in the world would have 
seized that chance for a melodramatic exit. "Good-night, 
Sir Geoffrey ; I must go to my husband." " Good-night, 
Lady Torminster." A clasp of the hand — a hot tear — ^mine 
— on your Wrist. But you sit there. Splendid ! 

Lady Torminster. I ask you again— is that truly why 
you are going ? 

Sir Geoffrey. Well, yes, that's the fact. I apologise 
humbly — it's so conventional. Isn't it ? 

Lady Torminster. I suppose it'* difhcult for human beings 
to invent new situations. 

Sir Geoffrey. You've known it, of course, all the time ; 
you've known it ever since Jack brought xne to you, the day 
after you were engaged. And that's nine years ago. It's 
the usual kind of fatality. 

Lady Torminster.* These things happen. 

Sir Geoffrey. Yes. Well, I thought I was cured. IVo 
been here five days, and I find I am not. So I go. That's 
best, isn't it ? 

Lady Torminster. Yes. 

Sir Geoffrey. It's so infernally stupid. You're a 
beautiful woman, of course ; but there are heaps of beautiful 
women. You've qualities — well, so have other women, too. 
I'm only forty-one — and, as you say, why don't I marry ? 
Simply because of you. Because you've an uncomfortable 
knack of intruding between me and the other lady. 

Lady Torminster. That is a great misfortune. 

Sir Geoffrey. It's most annoying. So I shall try China. 
I Shall come back in two years — I shall be forty-three then— 
I shall come back, sound as a bell ; and I shall marry some 
healthy, pink-cheeked young woman, take a house next to 
yours, and in the fulness of time your eldest son shall fall in 
lore with my daughter. 

Lady Torminster. Why not ? 

Sir Geoffrey. I shouldn't have told you, of course ; bub 
I'm glad that I have. It clears the air. Now what excuse 
shaU I make 1 



10 THE OPEN DOOB. 

Lady Tormtnster. A wire from town t 

Sir Geoffrey. Jack knows all aboat my affairs ; in fact, 
that's why I take the early train, to avoid his questions. 

Lady Torminster. You find it impossible to st»y out your 
time here ? 

Sir Geoffrey. Quite. There are moments when I am 
unpleasantly volcanic. 

Lady Torminster. Then I tell you the best thing to do. 
Don't take your trunks ; just go up with a bag. Leave a 
note that you'll come back on Tuesday. Then write from 
town and say you're prevented. 

Sir Geoffrey. That's a good idea— yes, that's much 
better. 

Lady Torminster. And, if you find that you really 
cannot come back 

Sir Geoffrey. Exactly ; you'll forward my goods and 
chattels. And old Jack will ascribe it all to my wayward 
mood ; he'll think I have found it too dull down here. I'm 
immensely obliged. 

Lady Torminster. (with a smile) Remark that IVe not 
offered to be a sister to you. 

Sir Geoffrey. You've been superb. Oh, the good talk 
we've had ! Do you know, I could almost wish old Jack to 
have heard what I said. I'm so fond of him, that grand old 
fellow, that I've been on the point of telling him, myself, 
more than once. For you know he ivill have me take you 
about, and it's painful. Besides, I've felt it almost disloyal 
to— keep this thing from him. You understand, don't yon? 

Lady Torminsier. Yes. 

Sir Geoffhey. He and I almost are one, you see. It's 
not British to show any feeling, but really I — love him. 
And the devil comes along, and, of all women in the world, 
singles out Jack's wife, and fills my heart with her. That's 
the devil's sense of humour. 

Lady Torminster. Perhaps he has read Bernard Shaw, 
But you must never let Jack know — never. 

Sir Geoffrey. I suppose not. He's so direct, so single- 
minded, that the shock would be terrible. But I'm not to 
blame. How could I help it ? Oh, all that cackle about 
being the master of one's fate ! 

Lady Torminster. Two years in China 

Sir Geoffrey. We'll hope so. Of course, it didn't matter 
about my telling you, because you knew already. 

Lady Torminster. (nodding) Yes, I knew. Although— 

Sir Geoffrey. Oh, you've done what you could ! I've 

left, in a hundred suh'le ways, how you almost implored me 



THE OPEN DOOR. 11 

•^not to. Well, there it is . I'll write that note at once. 
{He sits at the table and begins to write.) 

Lady Torminster. I'm sorry you are so lonely. 

Sir GEorrREY. That's my fault, too — the fault of the 
ridiculous class to which we belong. I don't do anything. 

Lady Torminster. Why not? 

Sir Geoffrey. What would you have me do ? Go into 
the House ? Thank you, I've been there. You spend your 
time on the Terrace or in the smoke-room till a muffin-bell 
rings ; then you gravely walk into the lobby, where an 
energetic gentleman counts you as Polyphemus counted his 
sheep. Philanthropy ! Well, I've tried that, but it's not in 
my line. I'm quite a respectable hmdlord, but a fellow can't 
live all by himself in a great Elizabethan barrack. Town — 
the Season ? Christian mothers invite you to inspect their 
daughters' shoulders, with a view to purchase. I'm tired of 
golf and polo ; I'm tired of bridge. So I'll try the good sea 
and the open plains ; sleep in a tent and watch the stars 
twinkle— the stars that make you afraid. 

Lady Torminster. Yes, I'm afraid of the stars. 

Sir Geoffrey. Why ? 

Lady Torminster. You remember the Persian poet ? *' I 
too have said to the stars and the wind, I will. But the 
wind and the stars have mocked me— they have laughed in 
my face. . . ." 

Sir Geoffrey, (a little uncomfortably) Persian poets, like 
all poets, have a funny way of pretending that the stars 
take an interest in us. To me, it's their chief charm that 
they're so unconcerned. They are lonely, too. 

Lady Torminster. (suddenly, violently) Don't say that 
again — don't — I can't bear it ! 

Sir Geoffrey, (aghast) Gertrude ! ! I 

Lady Torminster. {in a whimper) Yea. 

Me stares haggardly at her ; ahe does not move, bnt looks 
out, through the open window, into the flight. 

Sir Geoffrey, (with a deep breath) Well. I suppose we 
had better turn in 

Lady Torminster. When do you go to China ? 

Sir Geoffrey. 1 shall take the first boat. 

Lady Torminster. And you will come back 1 

Sir Geoffrey. In a year — or two — or three 

Lady Torminster. We shall hear from you ? 

Sir Geoffrey, (ivith an effort at lightness) Certainly. 
And I will send you chests of tea — besc family Souchong — 
and jars of ginger. Also little boxes that fit into each other. 
I am afraid that is all I know at present of Chinese manu- 
factures. 



12 THE OPEN DOOR. 

Lady Torminster. (musing) You will be away bo long t 

Sir Geoffrey. You told me to do something. I shall 
learn Chinese. I believe there are five hundred letters in 
alphabet. 

Lady Tormtnstbr. As many as that ? 

Sir Geoffrey. It is possible that I exaggerate. Well, Lady 
Torminster, I think I'll say good-night. 

He offers his hand, which she ignores. She smileSj and 
motioris him hack to his seat. 

Lady Torminster. The sun is still shining in the anti- 
podes, my dear Geoffrey, and you are still Jack's old friend, 
talking to Jack's wife. Sit down, and don't be foolish. 
You'll be away for years ; it's possible we may never meet 
again. It's possible, too, that next time we do meet you 
may be married. 

Sir Geoffrey, (with iron control) Who knows? 

Lady Torminster. Exactly — who knows ? So there's 
really no reason why we shouldn't look each other squarely 
in the face for once, and speak out what's in us. 

Sir Geoffrey, (sorrowfully) Oh, Lady Torminster, what 
is there to say ? 

Lady Torminster. (bending forward a little and smiiing) 
How you resent my having told you ! 

Sir Geoffrey, (with a guilty start) Resent ! I ! 

Lady Torminster. You d©, and you know it. In your 
heart you are saying, '*A11 was going so well — she has 
spoiled it ! If she does love me she shouldn't have said ifc-^ 
Jack's wife ! " 

Sir Geoffrey, (sturdily) Well— Jack's wife. Yes I 

Lady Torminster. Geoffrey, Jack bores me. 

Sir Geoffrey, (aghast) Lady Torminster! 

Lady Torminster. (clapping her hands in glee) There 1 
I've said it ! Oh, it's such a relief ! I never have before, and 
I don't suppose I ever shall again — for whom can I say it to 
but you ? Listen — I tell you— quite entre nous — he bores 
me shockingly ! 

Sir Geoffrey, (in positive distress) Lady Torminster ! 1 
beg of you ! 

Lady Tobminster. (cheerfully) The best fellow in all the 
world, and he bores me. A heart of gold, a model husband, 
a perfect father— and a bore, bore, bore ! There ! I assure 
you I feel better. 

Sir Geoffrey. I suppose there are moments when every 
woman says that of every man. 

Lady Torminster. (fanning herself) My dear Geoffrey, 
please send for your soul ; it has wandered off somewhere^ 
and I don't like talking to copybooks. 



fnt 0?EN Doon li 

Sl» OBOfFRBY. (doggedly) You are talking to Jack's 
friend. 

Lady Torminster, Jack's friend — and mine — don't forget 
that ! And could I say these things about Jack to anyone 
else, and can't you conceive what a joy it is to say them ? 
Besides, aren't we just now on the rim of the world — aren't 
we a little more than ourselves — aren't we almost on the 
other side of things ? If we ever meet again, we shall look 
curiously at each other, and wonder, was it all true ? As it 
is, I am gcarcely sure that you are real. Everything is so 
still, so strange. Jack ! He is up there, of course, the dear 
boy, his big red face pressed on the pillow. Oh, Geoffrey, 
when Jack brought you to me, and I was engaged— if you 
only hadn't been so loyal ! 

Sir Geoffrey, (grimly) Do you know what you are 
Mying ? 

Lady Torminster. I am saying the things a woman saya 
once in a lifetime, and feels all her life. Oh, it was all bo 
simple ! You loved me — you . . . were blind because 
of Jack. . . , And I married Jack ... I mustn't 
complain. ... I am one of the hundred million women 
who marry — Jacks. 

Sir Geoffrey. A better, finer man never lived. 

Lady Torminster. I dare say — in fact, I am sure. But 
you should see us when we are alone, sitting there night after 
night, with never a word to say to each other ! You tell 
me you're tired of polo, and golf, and bridge. Well, how 
about me ? And need you be scowling so fiercely, and 
begrudge me my one little wail, you who are going 
away ? 

Sir Geoffrey, (angrily) Yes, lam going away, and I shall 
marry a Chinese. I shall marry the first Chinese woman I 
meet. 

Lady Torminster. This is very sudden. Why ? 

Sir Geoffrey. Because, at least, not knowing the language, 
she won't be able to say unkind things about me to my 
friends. 

Lady Torminster. (her chin on her hand, looking squarely 
tU him) Geoffrey, is Jack a bore ? 

Sir Geoffrey. He never bores me. 

Lady Torminster. That's because he shot your tiger, and 
you rubbed his nose. Besides, you talk about horses, and 
Bo on. And yet I heard him, for a solid hour, telling you 
about a rubber he lost at bridge through his partner making 
diamonds trumps when he should have made spades. 

Sir Geoffrey. He's not clever, of course — and you are* 
l^ut stm 1 Xb cleverness everything ? 



14 THE OPEJT BOOa 

Lady Torminster. Haven't I told you he's the very best 
fellow in all the world ? And do you think I'm posing, 
pretending that I'm misunderstood, and the rest? You 
know me better. I am indulging, for once, in the luxury 
of absolute candour. 

Sir Geoffrey. You loved him 

Lady Torminster. Of course I loved him — and I love him 
now. 

Sir Geoffrey, (triumphantly) You see ! 

Lady Torminster. If we women had had a hand in the 
making of the language, how many words there would be to 
express our feelings towards the men we are fond of ! Of 
course I love Jack. I'm cruel to him sometimes ; and there 
comes a look into his eyes — he has dog's eyes, you know — 
a faithful Newfoundland 

Sir Geoffrey, (very earnestly) I don't think women quite 
realise what friendship means to a man. 

Lady Torminster. I am certain that men don't realise 
■what marriage means to a woman ! Dear funeral, am I nob 
a good wife — shall I not remain a good wife, till the end of 
the chapter? Because there isn't only Jack — there are 
Jack's children. 

Sir Geoffrey. Yes. 

Lady Torminster. And isn't it wonderful, when you 
think of it — here are we two. Jack's friend and his wife, 
alone on a desert island — and we have confessed our love 
for each other, and we are able to discuss it as calmly 
as though it were rheumatism ! 

Sir Geoffrey, {with a groan) If only I hadn't induced 
you to stay ! 

Lady Torminster. {smiling) My dear friend, you didn't I 

Sir Geoffrey, (amazed) I didn't ! 

Lady Torminster. Why no — of course not. I knew you 
were going to-morrow. 

Sir Geoffrey. How ? 

Lady Torminster. Oh, never mind how ! I knew. And 
I suspected you would be sitting up here to-night. So I 
came down, hoping to find you. I wanted this talk with 
you. And I extracted your confession — as though it had 
been a tooth. 

Sir Geoffrey. And why 1 

Lady Torminster. Why ? Because it will be something 
to think of, in the dull days ahead. Because I knew that 
you loved me, and wanted to be told. Because your life lies 
before you, and mine is ended. Because I love you, and 
insisted that you should know. You leave me now, and I 
have no illusions. Paolo and Francesca are merely a poet'f 



TSfi OPEN DOOa. 15 

dream. Yoti will marry — of course you will marry— but this 
moment, at least, has been mine. 

Sir Geoffrey, {stretching out yearning hands) This 
moment, and every moment, in past and future ! 

Ladt Torminster. Ah, the future ! Strange little 
syllables that hide so much I I can see you, introducing 
your wife to me, a little shyly — I can see myself, shaking 
hands with her — and with you. • . . My boy is seren 
already — time travels fast. . . , But it's good to know 
that you really have loved me, all these years. . . . 

Sir Geoffrey. By day and by night — you, and only you ! 

Lady Torminster. And I have loved you— ah, yes, I have 
loved you 1 . . . And, having said this to each other, 
we will not meet again^till you bring me your wife. 

Sir Geoffrey. Ah— then 1 

Lady Torminster. I have loved you, and I love yon, for 
the fine, upright, loyal creature that you are. I love you for 
loving Jack ; and it is Jack's great quality in my eyes that 
he has been able to inspire such love. And, my dear friend, 
let us not be ashamed, we two, but only very proud, and 
rery happy. We shall go our ways, and do our duty ; but 
we shall never forget this talk we have had to-night. 

Sir Geoffrey, (gently) I am beginning to understand . . 

Lady Torminster. You will be less lonely in future 
, , , and I no longer afraid of the stars. . . . Brave 
heart— oh, brave little heart that I for a moment have held 
in my hands ! 

Sir Geoffrey, (with a passionate movement towards her) 
Gertrude ! 

Lady Torminster. {lifting a finger) No — stay where you 
»re. , . . Those are the first rays of dawn — I must 
go. . . • Good-bye. We have no need to shake hands, 
jou and I. . . . Ah, Geoffrey — good-bye ! 

She goes swiftly, and closes the door. He bends his head^ 
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14 Beauty and the Beait 

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II White HorM of the Tep- 
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91 Box and Col 
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94 Rolwrt Maealre 

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95 Secret Servio* 

96 Omnibus 
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87 Two Qregoriee 
(9 King Charming 
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Tl Love at^d Murder 

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90 Cherry and F»l 

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104 House Dog 

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106 Matrimony 

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08 I Dine with My Mother 

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119 Family Jars 

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122 Winning a Husban* 

1 23 Day After the Fair 

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128 Illustrious St^ranger 

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130 A Live Woman io the 
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133 Spoiled Child 

134 Evil Eye 

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136 Wanted itWidoir 

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138 Fortune's Frolic 

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141 Husband at Sight 

142 Irishman In London 

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146 Harlequin Bluebeard 

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148 Phenomenon in a Staoct 

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151 Dutchman's Ghost 
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166 A Gentleman from Ire- 

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196 My Fellow Clerk 

197 Bengal TireR 

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200 Our Wife 
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201 My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee Land 
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206 The First Night 
206 The Eton Boy 

907 Wandering Minstrel 

908 Wanted, 1000 Milliners 
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209 Poor Pilcoddy 

210 The Mummy [Glasses 

21 1 Don't Forget your Opera 

212 Love in Livery 
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214 Trying It On 
216 Stage Struck Yankee 

216 Young Wife * Old Urn 
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218 A Family Falling 

219 Adopted Child 

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223 Siamese Twins 

224 Sent to the Tower 
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934 Pet of the Petticoats 

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279 That Nose 

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282 A Regulsr Fix 

983 Diek Turpin 

984 Young Scamp 

985 Youug Actress 

986 Call at No. \-^ 
£87 One Touch of Vatnw 

288 Two B'hoys 
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289 All the World's a Stag* 

990 Quash, or Nigger Prae- 

991 Turn Him Omt [tiai 
292 Pretty Girls of Sttllbev 
393 Angel of the Attic 
994 CttiamstaneesalterOasei 
295 Kftttv O'Sheal 
996 A Supper in Dixie 

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?»T Ici on Parle Franoals 
M8 Who Killed Cock Robla 
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800 Heads or Tails [enoe 
301 Obstinate Family 
309 My Aunt 

303 That Rascal Pat 

304 Don Paddy de Baaaa 
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306 Too Much for Good Na- 

306 Cure for the FidgeU 

307 Jack's the I>ad 

308 MuchAdoAboutNothtng 

309 Artful Dt^dger 
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811 Day's rtshing [JM. 

312 Did vou ev.r send year, 

VOL. XL. 
811 An Irishman's Manenrer 

314 Cousin Fannie 

315 'Tis the Darkest Hour be- 

316 Masquerade [fore Dawn 

317 Crowding the Season 
818 Good Night's Rest 
319 Man with the Carpet Bm 
390 Terrible Tinker 



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